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HAIR BRUSH.-

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UNITED STATES GEORGE IV. GLOVER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-BRUSH.

SFECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 580,270, dated April6, 1897.

A li ti fil d December 1, 1896. Serial No. 614,109. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GLOVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Military Hair Brushes, ofwhich the following is a specificatifin.

My present invention relates to improvements in hair-brushes of theclass known as military hair-brushes, which are not provided withhandles for economy of space. These hair-brushes may, by reason of thelittle space they occupy, be easily carried by a traveler in a grip orvalise, and this is quite an advantage, as many persons prefer to usetheir own hair-brushes rather than depend upon those of a hotel or otherresort.

My invention has for its object to provide a hair-brush of this classhaving in its back a receptacle for a comb and a slidable coverpiecefitting the edges of the receptacle to cover the same and confine thecomb and which will not in any manner detract from the neat and smoothappearance of the article and will not mar the nice rounded surface ofthe brush-back.

To this end the invention consists in the novel features of constructionherein set forth and claimed, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a militaryhair-brush embodying myinvention, the sliding cover being closed toconfine the comb in its receptacle, and illustrating the ordinaryappearance of the brush when not in use. Fig. 2 is a similar view, thesliding cover being partly withdrawn exposing the comb in its receptacleand from which when the slide is in this position the comb may bewithdrawn for use. Fig. 3 is a plan View showin g the brush and thesliding cover separated, and Fig. 4=is a transverse section of thebrushback and cover. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the means for securingthe sliding receptaclecover in place.

In the said drawings the reference numeral 1 indicates the brush-back,which is of the military kind. In other words, it is without a handleand is elliptical or round in plan view. The brush is provided withbristles 2,

as usual, and aflixed in any known manner. In the top of the brush-backI provide a recess or receptacle 3 by hollowing the same out. Thisreceptacle is adapted to contain a suitable comb 4, as shown in thedrawings.

The side Walls 5 and one end wall 5 of the receptacle 3 are undercut forthe purpose of providing a continuous groove 6. below the top surface ofthe brush-back. At the opposite end the material of the brush-back iscut away between the side walls 5 of the receptacle 3 from the edge ofthe end wall of said receptacle to the edge of the brush-back and to aplane in line with the base-line of the continuous groove 6 to providean entrance-way for the sliding cover 7. Said cover is beveled, as at S,continuously along its two side edges and one end to provide a tongue tofit the continuous groove 6 of the brush-back, whereby said cover isguided in its movement and, when in place to cover the receptacle 4, isheld against upward displacement.

By cutting away the material at one end of the brush-back, as at 10, apassage-way is afforded through which the sliding cover is moved inopening and closing the receptacle. At the end of the brush-backopposite the cut-away portion 10 I secure a small springfinger 11, whichprojects in the path of the under side of the sliding cover, and whensaid cover is in closed position the spring-finger engages a seat 14,provided therefor in the under side of said cover and retains said coverfirmly in closed position. The arrangement of this spring-finger is suchthat it is concealed from view when the cover is closed, and thus doesnot mar the neat outward appearance of the brush.

The surfaces of the brush-back and of the sliding cover are perfectlyfiush, and the end of the cover 12 is rounded in conformity with theconfiguration of the brush-back.

The brush-back and the comb-receptacle cover may be of wood or of anysuitable composition, and the fioor of the comb-receptacle may beprovided with a mirror 13.

The completed article presents a very useful military hair-brush havinga receptacle to receive a comb and a sliding cover for the receptacle,all so arranged that the neat symmetrical appearance, which is verydesirable in such articles, is not departed from.

It is evident that within the scope of my invention the receptacle mayextend from side to side of the brush and the sliding cover becorrespondingly movable from side to side of the brush instead oflongitudinal thereof, as shown in the drawings.

A brush constructed in accordance with this invention takes up but verylittle space and can be conveniently carried by a traveler in his gripor satchel, so that he may not be compelled to use the brushes suppliedby hotels, &c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Theherein-described military brush, consisting of a handleless brush-backhollowed out to provide a comb-receptacle in its top portion, the sidewalls and one end wall of said receptacle being undercut to provide acontinuous groove 6 below the top surface of the brush-back, theopposite end of the brushback being cut away between the side walls 5 ofthe receptacle 3 from the edge of the end wall of said receptacle to theedge of the brushback and to a plane in line with the base of thecontinuous groove 6, a sliding cover 7.

adapted to enter and be removed from the brush-back through the.passage-Way provided by the cut-away portion of the brushback, saidcover being beveled as at 8, continuously along its two side edges andone end to provide a tongue to fit the continuous groove 6 of thebrush-back, a spring-finger secured to the brush-back at the endopposite IIQSSGS.

GEORGE W. GLOVER. Vitnesses:

S. GUTM'ANN, L. A. WILMOT MILBURY.

